MRI diagnosis of Hirayama disease / 中华放射学杂志
Chinese Journal of Radiology
;
(12)2001.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-679714
ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the dynamic changes of the spinal cord during neck flexion in Hirayama disease for diagnosis.Methods MRI examinations in neutral neck position and a fully flexed neck position were performed on 18 cases of Hirayama disease and 31 young normal control subjects.We measured an antero-posterior diameter(APD)and transverse diameter(TD)of the cervical cord at the superior margin of the C6 vertebral body for each position,and investigate the dynamic changes.The different in frequency of these findings between the control and patient groups was examined by means of the x~2 test.The group means were compared by independent-sample t-test.Significance was defined as P
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Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Radiology
Year:
2001
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